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Quiz about Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt

Literature Quiz: "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt: 10 Questions | Authors

Winner of the Pulitzer prize, this memoir's drama is so incredible, it challenges even the most inventive fiction authors.

A multiple-choice quiz by itsfun4u2c. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
itsfun4u2c

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
213,666

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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568

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Question 1 of 10

1. The story begins in which city? Hint

New York

London

Dublin

Limerick

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Question 2 of 10

2. When Frank's father comes home after his pints, which one of these does he sing about? Hint

Bertie Wooster

Malachy

Roddy McCorley

Saint Patty

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Question 3 of 10

3. Why does Frank slap his mother? Hint

He was drinking and also ashamed of his mother for sleeping with her cousin.

Because she was drinking and said she wished Frank was never born.

To prove to her that he was the man of the house.

She was fading while in labor with the twins.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which disease did Frank have, almost killing him and causing him to miss his Confirmation? Hint

Hepatitis

Pneumonia

Plague

Typhoid

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Question 5 of 10

5. After missing time because of his illness, Frank must stay in the fifth class. What event allows him to skip ahead to the sixth class? Hint

He writes about Jesus.

He fights with his brother, who is in the same class.

A priest writes the school on his behalf.

The instructor does not want to catch his disease.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which illness does Frank's mother get, causing her to request lemonade over and over? Hint

Typhoid

Alcoholism

Pneumonia

Consumption

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Question 7 of 10

7. What type of writing does Frank do for extra money? Hint

Threatening letters for Mrs. Finucane.

Articles for the Post Office.

Obituaries.

Homework for Ms. McCurley's two sons.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which girl does Frank have "excitement" with first? Hint

Gretchen M'Mera

Frieda

Theresa Carmody

Mrs O'Connell

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Question 9 of 10

9. How does Frank receive the final amount of money needed for fare to America? Hint

His mother has a secret stash for his trip.

He takes it from a drunk passed out in an alley.

His employer dies and he raids her purse.

His father sends back the money from England.

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Question 10 of 10

10. The last chapter says only one thing. What is it? Hint

Tis

End

Dead

Why

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The story begins in which city?

Answer: New York

During this time, baseball's Dodgers still played ball in Brooklyn.

2. When Frank's father comes home after his pints, which one of these does he sing about?

Answer: Roddy McCorley

He also sings about Kevin Barry.

3. Why does Frank slap his mother?

Answer: He was drinking and also ashamed of his mother for sleeping with her cousin.

It was also Frank's responsibility to dump Laman Griffen's pot of human waste whenever needed.

4. Which disease did Frank have, almost killing him and causing him to miss his Confirmation?

Answer: Typhoid

While at the hospital, Frank meets Patricia. Before she dies, she interests Frank in literature, beginning with a poem about a highwayman.

5. After missing time because of his illness, Frank must stay in the fifth class. What event allows him to skip ahead to the sixth class?

Answer: He writes about Jesus.

It's a degrading description of Christ.

6. Which illness does Frank's mother get, causing her to request lemonade over and over?

Answer: Pneumonia

The kids steal, to keep fed.

7. What type of writing does Frank do for extra money?

Answer: Threatening letters for Mrs. Finucane.

He receives threepence for each letter and threepence more if the letter results in received payment.

8. Which girl does Frank have "excitement" with first?

Answer: Theresa Carmody

Frank lives with guilt and feels doomed until he finally confesses at church some time later.

9. How does Frank receive the final amount of money needed for fare to America?

Answer: His employer dies and he raids her purse.

He also takes forty pounds from a trunk and the ledger which listed all who owed Mrs. Finucane. He compared his thievery to that of Robin Hood's.

10. The last chapter says only one thing. What is it?

Answer: Tis

It's also the name of the second book Frank later releases.

Source: Author itsfun4u2c

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